Youth Found Guilty in Assault at Yeshiva

By The Associated Press

Published: December 8, 1988

A 13-year-old who was one of five teen-agers accused of robbing and stabbing a rabbinical student outside Yeshiva University last month has been found guilty of juvenile delinquency, Manhattan District Attorney Robert M. Morgenthau said yesterday.

Judge Judith Sheindlin of Family Court ruled after a hearing that the boy had robbed the victim and threatened him with a knife, Mr. Morgenthau said. He said the judge made no finding on who actually stabbed the victim, Doni Greenblatt, 19, of Far Rockaway, Queens.

The 13-year-old has not been identified. The other youths, 14 to 16, are awaiting trial as adults. All were arrested Nov. 5, two days after the attack.

Mr. Morgenthau said investigators were still trying to determine whether the attack was spurred by anti-Semitism. Witnesses said the suspects, two of whom had knives, shouted anti-Semitic remarks. Mr. Greenblatt was stabbed in the thigh after surrendering $20 and his jacket.

A disposition of the juvenile case was scheduled for Dec. 16. The boy could get a sentence ranging from conditional discharge to up to three years in a youth facility, Mr. Morgenthau said.